Of course, there are manufacturers who create truly exclusive things that, after several years of constant use, will look like new. The only minus of buying such textiles is the fabulous price of even the simplest and most simple-looking tablecloth. That is why items of kitchen textiles, if possible and certain skills, it is better to create with your own hands.
Recommendations for knitting an oval tablecloth
Before starting work, it is necessary to determine the table exactly what shape in the future will decorate the tablecloth. Often, standard tables are square, round, rectangular and in the form of an oval. Of course, you can also decorate the square table with an oval tablecloth, but the whole festive and solemn appearance will be lost from this. If the place on which the product will be placed is an oval table, then the knitting patterns need to be selected specifically for it.
The next step in the preparatory work is the selection of suitable threads. Traditionally, tablecloths of this kind are knitted from cotton threads that hold the shape of the finished product well and are not afraid of frequent washing. The color of the yarn can be white, blue or beige - it all depends on the taste, other elements of the decor of the kitchen or dining room or just the mood of the needlewoman who decided to try her hand at creating a crocheted tablecloth for the oval table.
Advice! To decorate the kitchen table, it is better to choose white threads. For smaller coffee or serving tables, you can choose options brighter.
After choosing the right thread, you need to stock up on the most important working tool - a hook. Hooks are distinguished by the numbers and materials from which they are made.
Important! The most successful options are steel hooks. They are strong, durable, do not stain yarn and are not electrified.
You can understand what size hook is needed by manual selection or by the length of the thread per 100 g. Thread consumption will also depend on the size of the hook. If, on average, about a kilogram of yarn is needed for a large tablecloth, if you select a larger hook, the volume of thread can increase several times.
Important! It should be remembered that tightly connected canvases using a small hook hold their shape well. Loose knitting will turn out not so strict and will stretch more.
How to crochet a tablecloth on an oval table: description and schemes
Crocheting requires the presence of any pattern on the canvas. The simplest and most common pattern for tablecloths, napkins or kitchen curtains is considered to be "pineapple". There are many variations of this beautiful and interesting pattern, there are no specific requirements for its implementation. The main thing is that the final pattern in its shape resembles this exotic fruit.
To connect the tablecloth with the pineapple pattern you will need:
- cotton yarn - 1 kg;
- fabric markers;
- hook number 1, 75.
Check out the detailed progress description:
- Knitting a tablecloth oval begin with its central part. The first 100 air loops are crocheted.
- 4 lift air loops are made to switch to a new row and they begin to knit an oblique mesh according to scheme No. 1.
- The row is closed by a connection column knitted into the first air loop of the stacked edge.
- The following knitting steps are carried out, guided by the scheme No. 1, in which the direction of knitting is indicated by arrows.
- Looking at Figure 1, knitting is divided into lateral and central parts, markers are installed.
- Guided by scheme No. 2, they knit a pattern whose rapports are shifted along the “chessboard” relative to each other.
- Guided by the scheme No. 3, the sidewalls are tied.
- Four times repeat the height from 10 to 28 row and close the knitting.
Advice! The finished tablecloth is washed by hand, dried on a solid horizontal surface. To keep the product better in shape, it can be starchy.
In addition to “pineapples”, an oval dining table will look great with a floral pattern in the middle and a border on the sides. The product will look original and interesting, the border of which will be made of white threads, and the central part will be blue.
For work you will need:
- blue cotton threads - 350 g;
- cotton threads of white color - 150 g;
- hook number 1.5.
- Knitting is performed according to the scheme.
- You need to start with a set of 243 stitches with blue threads, of which 238 are the main ones, and the rest are for lifting.
- First row - one double crochet is introduced into every ninth air loop.
- Then 79 knit loin knots are knitted.
- The following rows are knitted in the forward and reverse direction using sirloin technique up to 67 rows.
- The beginning of work on the border begins with the attachment of a white thread.
- A round-out hem around the entire perimeter of the product is tied around it.
- 10 rows are tied with a white thread, each of which is completed with a connecting column.
Crocheted oval tablecloths from foreign magazines: step by step instructions
In foreign magazines for crocheting contains a huge number of patterns of beautiful tablecloths. The only drawback of such visual manuals is that for those who do not speak Polish, English or Chinese, it is almost impossible to associate a product.
More experienced, oriented in the schemes of the needlewoman, I can look at the images shown in the magazines to relate something more or less similar. For beginners, it is better to study the manuals in Russian.
The most popular schemes that are placed in foreign magazines are products related in sirloin technique. The best “fillet” looks in cotton crocheted No. 1, 25.
Step by step description:
- Work begins according to the scheme from the middle to the edges.
- The diagram shows only the fourth part, the remaining elements must be knitted in a mirror image.
- The length of the product can be increased by adding rapports.
Options for decorating an oval tablecloth
Tablecloths connected from separate elements sewn together look most effective. Such models do not need additional decoration and decoration. The downside of such models is that it will not work to dissolve and bandage them. Knitting from the elements allows you to combine several techniques and patterns in one product.
A tablecloth knitted with a single piece can be decorated with:
- smooth or voluminous embroidery;
- knitted elements sewn along the edges or in the central part of the tablecloth (butterflies, flowers);
- beads from which you can lay out a pattern or sew them in a chaotic manner;
- satin ribbon launched on the edge of the tablecloth.
For beginners who are not yet confident in their abilities, you can practice knitting napkins. Made in the same technique, they can become either separate elements of the decor, or complement the already finished tablecloths and other textile products.
